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dateless

/ˈdeɪtlɪs/
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Definitions of dateless
  1. adjective
    having no known beginning and presumably no end
    “the dateless rise and fall of the tides”
    synonyms: endless, sempiternal
    infinite
    having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
  2. adjective
    of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date
    dateless customs”
    synonyms:
    undatable
    not capable of being given a date
  3. adjective
    not bearing a date
    “a dateless letter”
    synonyms: undated
    undatable
    not capable of being given a date
  4. adjective
    unaffected by time
    “few characters are so dateless as Hamlet”
    synonyms: timeless
    unaltered, unchanged
    remaining in an original state
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